The Model Who Lost Her Leg to TSS Just Made Her Fashion Week Debut

This past summer, model Lauren Wasser's story went viral, with millions of people reading her super-scary account of how she contracted Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) and lost half a leg and all of her toes, three years earlier. It was a wakeup call to all tampon users that you really have to follow the instructions inside the box and change your tampon as often as suggested. Lauren is in litigation with the manufactures of the tampons she used and the stores that sold them, because she says she used them correctly. Through all of this, Lauren hasn't let it stop her from becoming a model.

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As anyone who follows Lauren on Instagram knows, she's gaining more confidence and rocking photo shoots with her prosthetic leg.

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